By: Rein Rating: 9/10 Release: 8 June 2017 Label: Independent / Bandcamp One man projects often fail because this one man doesn’t master all the instruments. Or he does, but doesn’t know how to write a proper song. Or he knows how to write one song properly and then endlessly … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 26 May 2017 Label: Inner Wound Recordings Do you like Elvenking. Fairyland, Alestorm, Wuthering Heights? Then you are guaranteed to like Wind Rose. These brave Italian warriors mix folk and power metal in a very entertaining way. Third album Stonehymn sometimes borders on the happy … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8/10 Release: 12 June 2017 Label: Independent Have you ever experienced the following. At first listen you like an album rather well. You listen some more and somehow your interest fades away a lot quicker than the first time. And then miraculously after a while the album … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8/10 Release: 14 July 2017 Label: Trollzorn German veterans Obscurity are still going strong after 20 odd years. The band faithfully delivers a full album every three years on average. Not the biggest band in the pagan / Viking scene, so they are true to their name. … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 6/10 Release: 24 April 2017 Label: Sound Age Productions This Russian duo has been around since 2004. Releasing only their second full album, are they being careful or are they being lazy? I say, they have been lazy. How do I come by such a harsh verdict? … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 15-4-2016 Label: Independent Holland is not exactly well known for their many folk / pagan metal bands. So understandably, if there is a new kid on the block, all of us are very interested. As some of you may know, I’ve been following Vanaheim for … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 December 2016 Label: Independent What is it with French bands? Recently Eklyps in 20 years released an EP after only one full album. Fellow countrymen Dur Dabla have been around not quite that long, but if you release your debut full album after 10 … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 15 March 2017 Label: Triple Kick Records Newcomers Hoenir add yet another band from mother Russia to the scene. Folk metal seems to thrive in this enormous country. Hard to tell whether the band is inspired by nature, ancient beliefs, or tribes long forgotten, because everything is … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 6.5/10 Release: December 2016 Label: Independent Not an overly productive bunch these French ensemble. In almost 20 years, only one full album has been released, along several demo’s and one earlier EP. In the end of 2016 ‘Back to Bruton’ saw the light of day. Five songs, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: January 2017 Label: Independent As you may have noticed these days a lot of your favourite music comes from Russia. It’s not all brilliant, but there is so much of it out there, that now and again we are pleasantly surprised. What then, do we know about … Continue reading →
